The hypothetical boiled frog is a useful metaphor for a very real problem: the difficulty of responding to disasters that creep up on you a bit at a time.

虚构的煮熟青蛙对一个非常实际的问题而言，是个很实用的隐喻。这问题是：因应不知不觉中临头的灾难，是件难事。

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I'm referring, of course, to the proverbial frog that, placed in a pot of cold water that is gradually heated, never realizes the danger it's in and is boiled alive.

没错，我说的就是著名的“温水煮蛙”，冷水锅中的青蛙在逐渐升温的水中怡然自得，丝毫没有感到危险来临，直到被活活煮死。

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Japan is like a frog being boiled alive, but so far the water is only warm.

日本就像是一只被烧煮的活青蛙，但是到迄今为止，水才刚刚烧温。

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In contrast, if a frog is placed in room-temperature water, which is gradually heated to a boil, the relaxed frog will kick back, stretch out, and calmly allow itself to be boiled to death.

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